Sixth-grade students in the STEM Early High School again entered the N.C. Sumdog online competition in math and again came away with first-place honors. Lynn Conlee, their math teacher, assisted the students during the competition. They competed online in mid-February with students from across the state. STEM students finished first as a group from among 30 schools, 292 students, 35,992 questions answered and 29,136 correct answers to math problems. STEM students entered Sumdog math contests each day during the week …
Thursday Open Line
One of the most famous department stores in America opened in Philadelphia on this date in 1877. Wanamaker’s, now absorbed into the Macy’s family of department stores, opened in a converted train station and is now a national historic landmark. The store was among the first in the country to make the experience of shopping as much a draw as the merchandise itself, pioneering the use of the price tag, and was the first to install a restaurant on the …
Butterfield Statement on Halifax Train Crash
WILSON, NC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today issued the following statement regarding the Amtrak train collision in Halifax, North Carolina: “My thoughts and prayers are with the passengers injured in this terrible train crash. I am very grateful that there are no fatalities at this time. I will carefully follow the Federal Railroad Administration’s investigation and review recommendations on preventing accidents like this from ever happening again.” http://Butterfield.House.Gov
NCDA&CS to hold dairy workshop March 25th, 2015
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is partnering with N.C. Dairy Advantage, N.C. Cooperative Extension and N.C. Farm Bureau to hold a dairy workshop on optimizing herd health and animal production through nutrition. The free workshop will be held Wednesday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Iredell County Center in Statesville. Lunch will be provided. “The dairy industry has a strong history in this state and we want to keep it that …
VGCC Free Seminars & Resources For Your Small Business
The Small Business Center of Vance-Granville Community College offers free seminars and resources for your small business. Here is a sampling of what’s coming up next week: SEMINAR TITLE DESCRIPTION OF SEMINAR LOCATION DAY TIME DATE Register Herding Cats: Managing in Today’s Small Business In so many situations managing in today’s small business is like herding cats. Employees are independent—often going their own way—and don’t respond to yesterday’s authoritarian management styles. How do you motivate and …
Henderson Middle School School Nurse Donates Knitted Items
Becky Burns, the school nurse for Henderson Middle School, has expanded her generosity to help children by donating knitted caps and booties she has made for small children taken in with their mothers by the women’s shelter at Lifeline Outreach Inc. on Raleigh Road in Henderson. Burns, shown above with some of the knitted items, took the remaining donations to Lifeline Outreach on March 3. She had already donated approximately 30 knitted caps and some booties to the organization to …
Vance County Schools’ Make-Up Days
The Vance County Board of Education Monday night approved revisions to the 2014-2015 school year calendar for Vance County Schools in order to make up student days missed due to snow in February. The revisions include: March 18 is now a full school day, instead of an early release day June 5 and June 8-10 are now school days to make up days missed due to snow The last day of school for this year is now Wednesday, June 10 …
Wednesday Open Line
One of the most devastating public health crises in history hit the U.S. on this date 97 years ago — and experts are still studying it, hoping to head off a similar global pandemic. The first cases of what was called “Spanish flu” were reported among soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. By October, the worst month, 195,000 Americans perished. By 1920, nearly one-in-four Americans had suffered from this strain of the flu, killing about 600,000. Worldwide, estimates put the death …
School Staff Members Show Support With Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirts
All staff members at Aycock Elementary School, along with participation from several staff members at Dabney Elementary School, showed their support for Debra Gill, Aycock’s school secretary, by purchasing special breast cancer awareness t-shirts in February and wearing them to school. The Aycock staff members are shown in the first photo, with Gill joining them (standing at front center with her hands folded in front of her), and participating staff members from Dabney are shown in the second photo. Gill, …
Butterfield visits Louisburg for Info Session on IRS, State Free File Programs that Empower Eligible North Carolina Residents To File Their Taxes Online At No Cost Using Brand Name Tax Software Products
On Thursday, March 12, Representative G. K. Butterfield (NC-1st District) will be in Greenville and Louisburg to urge eligible North Carolina residents to use the IRS and North Carolina Free File programs to save money at tax time. In general, people with an income of $60,000 or less – roughly 70 percent of all taxpayers – are able to use brand name tax preparation software to prepare and file their taxes for free. Free File is a public-private partnership between …
Vance County Board of Commissioners Special Called Meeting Notice March 12th, 2015
Please see the attached agenda for a special called meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Thursday, March 12th at 5:00 p.m in the County Administration Building at 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC 27536. 1. Public Hearing – Extension of Bond Order 2. Establishment of Board Goals 3. Other matters as needed Download the full agenda packet here: 20150312_vcboc_called_meeting
Michael Bobbitt: Notes from the Peanut Gallery (VC BoC March 2nd, 2015)
The public part of Monday night’s meeting was long by county standards. After almost three and half hours of sometimes intense and robust discussion the commissioner entered into closed session. The chair announced there would be no announcement after the closed door attorney-client privileged matter and the personnel matter. (Note: A commissioner called me on Tuesday to say there was announcement, the Board approved a salary adjustment for the finance director.) Person travel plans prevented by attendance to Thursday’s special …
Organic Crop Certification for Agricultural Small Businesses
Vance-Granville Community College, Building 7, Room 7107 March 20, 2015, 8:30 AM – 3 PM Learn from regional experts as they demystify the USDA Organic Certification process and crop production requirements. Gain practical tips for soil and pest management, organic inputs and application completion. Connect with a certification agency and current certified organic grower to ask questions that are relevant to your agricultural small business. Workshop Cost: $8/person Pre-registration is required at the following link: http://bit.ly/ocvance For questions about registration, …
VGCC to offer Biotech Workshop to high school students
Vance-Granville Community College has scheduled its third annual Biotech Workshop for local high school students, as one of a series of VGCC Arts & Sciences camps and workshops being held this year. All tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders who have taken or are currently taking biology and chemistry are invited to attend the workshop, which is set to take place over the course of two Saturdays: May 2 and May 9, each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students …
Middle and High School News March 9-13, 2015
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 3, Issue 28 A Publication for Middle and High Schools March 9-13, 2015 The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ? The Vance County Board of Education meets on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in …
Butterfield Reflects on Pilgrimage to Selma to Mark 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement regarding his trip to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday: “It was one of the highest honors of my life to join President Obama, President Bush, and dozens of congressional colleagues in commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. As Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, I …
The Tar River Center for History presents “Precursors of the Regulator Movement in Old Granville County: Reuben Searcy’s Petition (1759) and George Sims’s ‘Nutbush Address’ (1765)”
LOUISBURG, N.C.—The Tar River Center for History and Culture is proud to announce its 2014-2015 Lecture Series, focusing on “The Early Development of the Tar River Valley of North Carolina.” Lectures are held Thursday evenings, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Benson Chapel of Louisburg College. All are free and open to the public. Parking is available in front of the chapel and adjacent to the Jones Performing Arts Center (both parking areas are accessible from College Street, Louisburg). For …
Elementary School News March 9-13, 2015
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 2 Issue 28 March 9-13, 2015 The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS The Vance County Board of Education meets Monday at 7 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson. “Teacher Talk” session for first …
Tuesday Open Line
For many Americans, trying to envision life without our various telephones would be like trying to live without indoor plumbing. The telephone is 139 years old today. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first, very local, telephone call in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over a wire to his assistant in the next room, Bell said, “Mister Watson, come here; I want to see you.” Only when Bell improved his invention to carry a voice for several miles did the public discover …
Vance County Early College High School Application Process Opens
The application process for rising ninth graders to apply to the Vance County Early College High School is now open. Applications are available online through the Vance County Schools’ website at www.vcs.k12.nc.us or through the guidance counselors at the middle schools. Completed applications are due March 25. There will be a “Parent Night” session for all interested parents, especially those of current eighth graders, at Eaton-Johnson Middle School on March 10 at 6 p.m. and at Henderson Middle School on …